UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs has underlined the world body’s commitment to democratic elections in Libya, after field Marshal Khalifa Haftar declared that the oil-rich country is not ready for democracy and that he would overrun the country should reconciliation and proposed elections fail to go rightly. Jeffrey Feltman was in Tripoli Thursday where he […]
The glue holding Algeria together is no longer binding. The country’s finances have been hit hard by low oil prices and the regime is unable to buy social peace as the currency, the economy and public services crumble further fueling the pro-democracy protests known as the Hirak. Two years on, the flame of the Hirak […]
The escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 700 lives at the hands of militia fighters since December last year, the United Nations said Monday (27 March). This comes as the CODECO insurgents, a notorious militia operating in the region, a day earlier executed at least […]
